![]() ![]() Each chapter is a pearl, and the string of pearls is the novel. Each chapter is an event that drives the narrative forward to the next event in the next chapter. ![]() How should an author arrange these events? Chapters. Digression will weaken your plot and the reader may lose interest. Plot is all the things that have happened in a place or to a person, or to people over a certain period of time. Often there will be, as childhood is full of clues. ![]() You need only go back and visit the character’s childhood in the book if there is some vital clue to something that is happening in the present. A novel is about a very specific time in history or in the history of a character. For example, a character’s life in its entirety, from birth to death, doesn’t matter. For an author’s first book, I would suggest adhering to a basic plot structure, then deviating where and if it feels right. ![]()
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